Step 7: Removing the Prosthetic

Before removing the prosthetic I gently rinse off the blood. Since the make-up has been set it shouldn't wash off. It might fade slightly but that can be retouched when it's applied again at a later time.

After rinsing I remove the prosthetic by rolling the edges towards the center of the wound. Latex tends to stick to itself after curing, so powdering it with talc or baby powder will prevent this. Removing the latex should be relatively easy and painless unless it has been caught in some hair. Do not use any oil based products to remove the latex piece as the oil will break down its structure. You can purchase silicon oil that will remove latex and leave it intact, although shiny. The silicon oil is often expensive and not worth the trouble.

And there you go... you know have a re-usable prosthetic application of a wound that can easily be used at a later time. Although you will need to purchase some spirit gum (and spirit gum remover) to attach the piece to your skin. With a little Liquid Latex to blend the edges and some touch ups on the make-up, the wound can be ready to go again in no time.

I hope you enjoyed this instructable and have learned some valuable information from it. Have fun creating horrendous wounds and scars.

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this worked great for me(: the Halloween store only had pints and it was about 17 and the fake boodwas about 3 i had my makeup from theatre so that helped. i did burn wonds and a knife slice on my face, which had little baby hairs and was a pain to get out but nothing too bad i have no idea how to post the pics but it looked so realistic everyone was asking where i bought my wounds!(:

<p>My Zombie look. I did the fleshy look on my neck on myself :)</p>

first try.

<p>A good first try and looks painful...good job buddy!</p>

nice tutorial....here's my first try.

This year you gotta get some white makeup in there so that you can &quot;see&quot; the bones... now that'd really freak some ppl out<br />

Take a chicken bone and crack/splinter it and inbed it into the latex

WOW! thats insane :D

Yeah right

That is Awesome, man. Especialy for a first try. My first attempt was nowhere near as cool. Congradulations. I think you've found your special talent.

Lol, I can FEEL the pain of taking that off right now. (Note, the hair)<br />

dude thats really cool

dude it is

your is blended way better than mine... may i ask what you used? as in, what does it say on the front of the bottle, im not good with brands of makeup

this was my attempt but i used toilet paper mixed with corn flour and water and lots of fake blood (home made) and makeup...

My first attempt at any kind of Halloween makeup or fx. The inside moves as I flex my forearm, giving it a really gruesome appearance.

very useful tut... was a zombie for halloween so this was really helpful... everyone was pretty well grossed out... GOOD TIMES!

That will give a 3 year old nightmares. It makes me think, &quot;gosh, I really need to practice now that i have liquid latex, fake blood, and spirit gum.&quot;

man is that real sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo grooooooooooos and also those bones look real to ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww goooooooodddddddddddddddddddddd how did you even do that ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww groooooooooooooooooooooooooosssssssssssss gooooooooooooooooooooooodddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd.!

haha thanks! i used the bones from chicken wings btw

Aww man... now I'm hungry...<br />

how the hell did you get the bones to not stick out like a bump?

well i made the basic circular wound shape on my hand and then took chicken wing bones (boiled the meat off), cut the ends off, and added a little more liquid latex to the ends to connect the bones the to wound edge and a little on the underside to hold them into place then did the basic paint application and added the fake blood :D<br/><br/>**and a little tip** dont cover the ends of the bones evenly and also try to apply thick areas of liquid latex over the central area of the bones... that way it will look like its less connected solely around the edge of the wound and it will look less uniform and more like the top of your hand was ripped off (which is the effect i was goin for here)<br/><br/>ENJOY!<br/>

i had to slather on the fake blood to cover up my experimentation with makeup..

what part of your body is that god well whatever it is you did a great job

eww ah looooks so real ughh.............

you really think so or are you being sarcastic?

It is actually nauseatingly realistic!

next up...
compound fractures!
I'd love to see an 'ible on making fake compound fractures.

me too

not nice

well on halloween i made my face white with makeup, then stuck this on the side of my face. it, along with all the weird noises i would make when walking by people, made me look like a zombie. After wards we went to welcome south resturant to eat and i took it off in the bathroom. it was on the table wrapped in some napkins so it would dry, but it still had some blood on it. when the waiter came, i wasnt paying attention and she picked it up, looked at it kind of funny, then threw it in the trash : ( oh well, ill just make another.. lol

no im seriouse dude llol

hahahha

You inspired me, to attempt something similar this year.
I only had PVA wood glue and toilet paper on hand. Turned out alright though.

what part of your body is that god well whatever it is you did a great job

I thought about doing that, but I dismissed the idea remembering how hard PVA dries, but after seeing this, I can see how wrong I was! That is Brilliant!